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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-655-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Post-wildfire UAS surveys, northern CA

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other), Landscape Response to Disturbance (ZP00TJV)

Principal Investigator(s): Amy East

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct UAS surveys of sediment debris fans to establish baseline maps for future change detection work in response to Dixie fire and Caldor fire in northern California

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Start Date: 2021-10-12

End Date: 2021-10-17

Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Structure from Motion - UAS

Information to be Derived: aerial imagery, topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joshua Logan

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Northern CA

Boundaries
North: 40.01289078 South: 38.70265931 West: -121.29043579 East: -120.24536133

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Logan, J.B., and East A.E., 2024, Digital Surface Models and orthomosaic images from UAS surveys of Jenkinson Lake, El Dorado County, CA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14QWDYN.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Handheld GPS --- Navigation
Structure from Motion - UAS --- Photo

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